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McMinnville resident and Warren County native Lawanna Faye Dodd, 76, died June 16 at River Park Hospital after a five-year illness.A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Edgar W. and Lola Davenport; and was preceded in death by brothers, Lloyd and Floyd Holt; and sisters, Rowena…

Editorial Our Viewpoint If the idea is for the city of McMinnville to have a thriving Parks and Recreation Department, city leaders sure have an odd way of promoting participation.Get ready because fees are increasing again.Beginning July 1, fees for just about any type of recreational activity that has anything to do with the city…

By DUANE SHERRILL Instead of going through all the mess of hiring some outside consultant to tell us how to create jobs and industry, why don’t we have some real fun and just get together on Court Square, build a big bonfire, and torch $70,000 in cash just to watch it burn.Since when has McMinnville…

By Jim Mullen I get a lot of million-dollar ideas. I get them all the time. Why, if I had a dime for every million-dollar idea I’ve ever had, I’d be a millionaire. But someone’s always out there ready to squash your dream, always ready to give you some song and dance about how it…

By William Rusher On Monday, June 16, San Francisco began implementing the ruling of the California Supreme Court authorizing same-sex marriages in the state. Meanwhile a state constitutional amendment negating the ruling is heading for the ballot in November and seems likely to pass.What one thinks about these developments depends, primarily on one’s concept of…

Right: Matthew Hibdon, Samantha Southard and Lauren Lytle. Left: The senior high team of Erika Betschart, Lindsey Clayton, Allen Betschart and McCain Smock walked away with a third-place. Warren County 4-H judging team members recently competed in the Regional Meat Identification Contest in McMinnville, walking away with numerous accolades. In preparation for the contest, team…

The term “sodbusting” is used to identify the plowing up of erosion-prone grasslands for use as cropland. Sodbuster violations are unauthorized tillage practices on highly erodible lands that converted native vegetation such as rangeland or woodland, to produce commodity crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, tobacco, vegetables) after December 23, 1985.Farmers and ranchers should be aware that…

On May 27, USDA announced that certain acreage enrolled in CRP would be made available for hay and forage after the ending of the primary nesting season according to Darla Campbell, Program Technician with the local Farm Service Agency.“Due to the extreme drought conditions experienced in 2007, the strong demand and tight supplies of hay,…

Warren County 4-H Clubs and June Dairy Month chairman Allen Betschart would like to announce the sixth annual June Dairy Day Baby Show. The event is part of June Dairy Day activities and will be held at the Three Star Mall on Saturday, June 21. Registration for the baby show will be from 11-11:30 a.m.…

Dan and Maggie Miller’s guests arrived for an engagement party, but they got the whole wedding.Believing they’d arrived to celebrate the couple’s recent betrothal, guests were greeted by a wedding cake in the hallway, Maggie in a long white gown and the news ‘ surprise! ‘ that they were there to witness the marriage.Surprise weddings…